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[CITE: 10USC522]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER 32--OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE
 
Sec. 522. Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned 
        officers on active duty
        
    The authorized strengths of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps in regular officers (other than retired officers) in grades above 
chief warrant officer, W-5, are as follows:

     Army.............................................................  
                                                                  63,000
     Navy.............................................................  
                                                                  55,000
     Air Force........................................................  
                                                                  80,000
     Marine Corps.....................................................  
                                                                  17,000

(Added Pub. L. 96-513, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2841; 
amended Pub. L. 98-525, title V, Sec. 522, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2523; 
Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1131(1)(B), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1505.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``chief warrant officer, W-5,'' 
for ``chief warrant officer (W-4)''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-525 increased number limit for regular officers in 
the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to 55,000, 80,000, and 17,000 from 
48,000, 69,425, and 13,000, respectively. The number limit for the Army 
remained unchanged.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-190 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 
1132 of Pub. L. 102-190, set out as a note under section 521 of this 
title.
